كرد

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of the neck, pushing, driving away, and pursuit. It also encompasses a specific ethnic group and a type of dried date residue.

Derived headwords

الكُرْدnoun

1.
neckclassical
The neck, often considered a Persian loanword Arabized.
2.
driving away, expulsionclassical
The act of pushing away or expelling people.
3.
Kurds (people)both
A specific ethnic group, referred to as the Kurds.

كَرَدَverb

1.
to push, to drive awayclassical
To push someone forcefully or to drive them away, as in expelling them.

يكردverb

1.
he pushes, he drives awayclassical
Present tense verb indicating the action of pushing or driving away.

فلان يكرد القوم — So-and-so pushes the people away — <English translation>

المُطَارَدَةnoun

1.
pursuit, chasingmodern
The act of chasing or pursuing someone.

المَكَارِدَةnoun

1.
pursuit, chasingclassical
The act of pursuing or chasing, often implying a mutual chase.

الكُرْدِيدَةnoun

1.
date residueclassical
The remnants of dates found at the bottom of a container or basket.

الكَرَادِيدnoun

1.
date residue (plural)classical
Plural form of 'kurdida', referring to the remnants of dates.

Parallel reading

وكنا إذا القيسي نب عتوده * ضربناه بين الأنثيين على الكرد

And when the Qaysi tribe stirred up its hostility, we struck him between the two testicles on the neck.

فلان يكرد القوم، كأنه يدفعهم ويطردهم

So-and-so pushes the people away, as if he is driving them off and expelling them.

وأصلحت قدرا لها بأطره

And I prepared a pot for her, filling it.

وأطعمت كرديدة وفدره من تمرها واعلوطت بسحره

And I fed her date residue and its small fruits from her dates, and I mounted her in the early morning.

القاعدات فلا ينفعن ضيفكم

The ones who sit idly, so they do not benefit your guest.

والآكلات بقيات الكراديد

And the ones who eat the remnants of the date residue.